What is a Community Fund?
A Community Fund allows individuals and groups to contribute time and money toward the betterment of a specific community. Each community fund has a volunteer advisory board comprised of local members who encourage the growth of the fund and oversee distributions in the form of grants. These grants are awarded to community projects and programs based on the changing needs of that community. The Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin oversees 16 community funds in its nine-county service area.
- Since 2002, the Platteville Community Fund has awarded more than $1,479,400 through hundreds of grants for projects and initiatives in the Platteville area.
About the Fund
About the Platteville Community Fund
The Platteville Community Fund is a permanent, unrestricted, charitable endowment created in 2002 to serve the Platteville area. Annually a portion of the Fund’s earnings are given back to the community in the form of grants. The Fund supports community projects that enhance the arts, education, health and human services, the environment, and historic preservation.
The Platteville Community Fund also provides a means for individuals, organizations, and businesses to support their unique charitable community interests through funds that focus on specific concerns. The PHS Scholarship Fund, created by the Platteville Community Fund in 2010, is one such entity. A group of volunteer citizens makes up the Fund’s advisory board which initiates fundraising activities and determines grant awards.
Family of Funds
The charitable funds shown below have been established by individuals and organizations to support their charitable goals for the Platteville community:
- Platteville Community Fund Endowment
- Platteville Excellence in Education Endowment Fund
- Carmen and Eva Beining Community Fund
- Cindy Tang Family Community Art Endowment
- Cindy Tang Family EIE Endowment
- Cushman Music in the Park Fund
- Hap and Barb Daus Community Endowment
- Ralph & Joan Faherty Family Community Fund
- Robert & Marian Graham Community Fund
- Margaret S. Keizer Charitable Fund
- Platteville High School Class of 1973
- Schneller – Tang Community Fund
About the Platteville Excellence in Education Endowment Fund
The Platteville Excellence in Education Endowment Fund supports the educational needs of the Platteville School District that are not funded through the regular school budget. The EIE fund was started in 2021 with a grant of more than $30,000 provided by the estate of Jane Howell, a mathematics teacher at Platteville Middle school for more than 30 years.
About our Grants
Twice per year the advisory board awards grant to non-profit organizations, the local school district, and/or local government agencies providing charitable programs or projects serving the community.
Recent Grant Awards
PLATTEVILLE COMMUNITY FUND
2025 Spring and Fall Grants:
- City of Platteville: Stove Replacement at Broske Center
- City of Platteville Museum Department: Hands-on dress-up clothing for exhibit space
- City of Platteville Museum Department: Mannequin Enhancements
- Family Advocates, Inc.: Kwik Trip Gas Cards
- Friends of our Gallery d/b/a Rountree Gallery: Chalk & Cheese Fest 2025
- Grant County Humane Society: Centrifuges and Diagnostic Supplies
- Grant County Historical Society: Steppingstone Path at Mitchell-Rountree Stone Cottage
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- Inspiring Community Inc.: Bringing Vision to Learn
- Inspiring Community Inc.: Platteville Family Aquatic Center (PFAC) Pool
- Jamison Museum Association, INC.: Platteville Historic Re-enactment
- Platteville Chorale, Inc.: Platteville Children’s Choir T-Shirt Uniform for Safe Identity
- Platteville Community Arboretum, Inc.: Expansion Trail Railroad Bridge Restoration
- Platteville Fire Department: Equipping Engines with Ladder Belts
- Platteville Holiday Project: Adopt-A-Family Program
- Platteville Main Street Program, Inc.: Fencing and a Garden Shed
- Platteville Main Street Program, Inc.: Rotating Art Project
- Platteville Music Boosters: Platteville High School Auditorium Sound System Upgrade
- Platteville School District: Expanding the Empty Bowls Program and Supporting PHS Ceramics
- Platteville School District: Platteville Packs – Food Bag Initiative
- Platteville School District: Chemistry of Metals
- UW-Platteville Foundation & Alumni Association: Ethan Squires Memorial Steinway Piano Campaign
- Wisconsin Badger Camp, Inc.: Campership Fund- Platteville WI Campers
- Wisconsin Badger Camp, Inc.: Active Fun for Every Ability: Gaga Ball Pit Initiative
PLATTEVILLE EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION FUND
2025 Platteville Excellence in Education Grants:
- Neal Wilkins Early Learning Center: Flexible Seating
- Neal Wilkins Early Learning Center: Purchase of a Heavy-Duty Paper Cutter
- Westview Elementary: Pedal Desks
- Platteville Middle School: Support the Builders Club
- Platteville Middle School: Purchase of Keyboard Instruments
- Platteville High School: Purchase of Stereomicroscopes
- Platteville High School: Purchase of 3-Wheel Bike
- Platteville High School: $1,348 to support Art Metals & Jewelry class.
- Platteville High School: Choral Commission Project.
- Platteville School District: Purchase of Reunification Kits
Total Excellence in Education Grants awarded in 2025: $9,423.00
Total Grants awarded in 2025: $ 36,454.00
Grant Guidelines
Tips and tools for you to use as you prepare your application. Print out this PDF as you prepare your grant for a quick checklist of your progress.
Invest In Your Community
Donations to the Platteville Community and Excellence In Education Funds are welcome at any time of the year. All gifts are tax deductible. Mail a check to this address, or click the button to donate online.
Platteville Community Fund
P.O. Box 81
Platteville, WI 53818-0081
P.O. Box 81
Platteville, WI 53818-0081
Advisory Board Members
The Fund is advised by a committee of community volunteers who initiate fundraising activities and determine grant awards:
Curt Timlin, ChairMandi Jacquinot, Vice Chair
Hayley Kemnitzer Mokros, Secretary
Todd Allion
Nate Curry
Barb Daus
Sheri Engelke
Dena Grutz
Vicki Hirsch
Missy Lipska
Kimberly Zielinski